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THURSDAY. JUNE ,. 1857.

- " '-'A-'N LAY 81 t t-t.'at tl bly~y'
ball on Sunday, resulting In a victory
for the Indians by q score Of 81 to ~
The steamship Mexico Is now in
the Union Iron work, dry dock. San
Francisco. undergoing repairs. and
will resume her regular route III n
few weeks.
Mrs. c. II. IIiIl. OF East Portland,
Oregon, daughter of Prof. l.. J.
Powell, Of tho Territorial University.
has been called to the bedside Of her
father, who IS quite Ill,
At a meeting Of committee Of
Meade Post, G \. r.. and Meade
relief corps, or Yakima, held Tuesday
evening, arrangements were made
Tor the proper observance OF Mem
orial day.
\ movement Is on foot for the
organization Of a militia Comuanv,
says the Yakima EcpuJHc. Several
members have already been secured
and, doubtless, the company viii soon
be filed.
The YakimI Republic has an
Indian correspondent on the Yakima
reservation who writes quite readable
letters. He refers frequently to the
well known constitutional laZiuess of
Eve Indians"
Garland don't want to be supreme
Judge He is signing for retirement.
Most men would wait until = position
was offered before they declined it,
but Garland don't feel any hesitaRcy
in declining before hand.
The New York IHdependcnt. a pro
fessedly religious paper, has raised a
howl against the nomination of
Blaine. Bowen, the editor, led the
mugwump faction in 1854, against
Blaine. Religious papers ought to
keep out Of politics.
The uwaco tragedy was enacted by
seinemen to break up the fish trap
system. The shooting was done by
'Tlllamook Tom" an Indian who
was on guard. 1t is feared that the
fight will be a Ing and desperate one
and much blood Will be shed
1t is rumored that Vice President
Oaks of the n. Z, railroad has re-
signed to accept the presidency of the
&. NJ. X S. F. railroad. President
Harris says it Is not true but that
Oaks has simply bsen granted
leave of absonse for a few months.
Hon. Rocky p. Earhart. of Salem,
Ore, has received commission from
the Most Eminent Grand Master of
the Grand Encampment, knights
Templar of the United States, to act
as his deputy on the occasion of the
organization of the Grand Command
cry of Washington Territory
The P.-L. opens fire on the Rail
road Record of Philadelphia, the
Q. B. Wright organ published in the
interest of Tacoma. 1t claims per.
sistent misrepresentation of facts
concerning this country. It calls the
Record ''Guide to Financial Ruin.'
The Secretary of the Interior has
ordered restored to the public do
main all indemnity lands held by
railroads which have selected their
full compliment. Several million
acres will be restored, Including 4 ve..y
large tract in Washington territory
An outgoing train on a Boston
railroad last Saturday killed
Frenchman named Polemnis Masil
Charles Louis Amadee de Zebisr de
La Tourasse. The tail end of his
name is not dead yet, but it is expect
ed that it will succumb some time
this fall.
The brutal treatment of Mr..
OBrien has identified him with a
larger cause than Home Rule, and
that is, the cause of free speech and
the right of individual opinion
Canada has made q mistake which
separates her from every other nation
on this continent.-AHa.
Erensburg chapter, Royal Arch =
Masons, was organized chapter at
Masonic hall, Ellensburg, Mon
day evening under dispensation from
the grand high priest of the grand
chapter of Washington Territory,
with the following officers: 5. G.
Davidson, high priest; G. S. Prowell,
king, and DR.. j. w. Bean, scribe
''MT. TACOMA ROUTE Tacoma
Ledger, May 18th: The Northern
Pacific line to Puget Sound is to be
known as the Mount Tacoma route
The road passes within twenty miles
of the grandest peak in the United
hundred yards off.
Henry Landes, the Port Townsend
banker. came to Seattle the other day
to arrange for the improvement of
his property on the corner Of Sixth
and Pike streets. He decided to con-
struct thereon four two story build-
ings, and made arrangements for the
work to commence at once.-P.-L
Recent correspond with the
Canadian government has resulted in
an understanding that Canadian reg
ulations in regard to the towing of
vessels in Canadian waters, and at
Canadian ports, by American tugs
shall be amended so as to extend to
American tugs when il Canadian
waters the same rights and privileges
as are granted to Canadian tugs in
American waters.
y NJ. Bell. superintendent of for.
eign mails, has been notified by Senior
Romero, Mexican minister, that the
Mexican government has subsidized
the steamer Carlos Pacheco to carry
mails between San Diego, California,
and Ensenada de Todos Santos, Low
er California. By the terms of the
postal convention of 1861 this service
will be gratuitcus 10 the United
States.
A bonanza discovery equaling,
it IS stated, the famous Comstock
lode, is said to have been made
within the jurisdiction of Alaska.
The scene OF the discover is Unga
island. one of the ChoumeHginG GrouD.
The Island is near the southwestern
shore of the Alaskan psn nsu'a. An
immense lndge of great length and
breadth has been discovered. lie
Sitka Mining and Commercial com
pany own two claims and have erected
stamp mill. Specimens of surpass-
lngiy rich ore are en- exhibition in
this sity.
Mr.. Powderly, in the Journal of
United Labor, says that the watch-
word of the knights OF Labor is
universal cooperation. In il thev
see the road leading to the solution